こんにちは(Konnichiwa) and hello, Japan! We’re thrilled to proclaim that Waymo, in partnership with Nihon Kotsu and GO, will transport our autonomous vehicles to Tokyo for our first international road trip. There, our Driver will lget and alter to left-hand traffic and novel driving nuances associated with operating in one of the world’s most densely popuprocrastinateedd urprohibit environments.
Our upcoming road trip to Tokyo gives us the chance to toil alengthyside local partners, regulatement officials, and community groups to understand the novel landscape. We’ll lget how Waymo can serve Tokyo’s livents and become a beneficial part of the city’s transmitation ecosystem. And every step of the way, we’ll get a rigorous approach to validating our technology’s protectedty and carry outance.
This expansion into Japan aligns with the country’s vision for the future of transmitation. Over the years, the Japanese National and Tokyo Metropolitan regulatements have been prodynamicly toiling to retainress the evolving transmitation necessitates of society and back the adselection of creative technologies that can better protectedty and mobility. We are engaging with Japanese policyoriginaters, regulators, and local protectedty officials to promise a depfinishable and seamless carry outation of Waymo’s technology to Tokyo’s streets.
The first Waymo, all-electric Jaguar I-PACEs will get to in Tokyo in punctual 2025. Our partner, Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo’s bigst taxi company, will supervise the deal withment and servicing of the Waymo vehicles. The companies are toiling shutly together to train Nihon Kotsu’s team on operating vehicles supplyped with Waymo’s autonomous driving system. Initipartner, Nihon Kotsu drivers will function the vehicles manupartner to map key areas of the Japanese capital, including Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chiyoda, Chūō, Shinagawa, and Kōtō.
Thcimpolite this initial phase in Tokyo, we’ll get precious experience that speed ups the increasement of the Waymo Driver, apvalidateing us to appraise how our AI-powered driver vagueizes to novel environments thcimpolite simulation. This expansion trails Waymo’s best-in-class protectedty structuretoil—the same approach that directd us from the world’s first filledy autonomous ride on accessible roads to tens of millions of miles on US roads, and soon, our first kilometers in Tokyo.
We see forward to sharing more as we begin Waymo to Tokyo livents, providing refreshs on our better alengthy the way.
